diff --git a/transformer_engine/pytorch/module/base.py b/transformer_engine/pytorch/module/base.py
index ebfb98b2d6..e6bedee0c0 100644
--- a/transformer_engine/pytorch/module/base.py
+++ b/transformer_engine/pytorch/module/base.py
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ def __init__(self, name: Optional[str] = None) -> None:
         self.fp8_meta["fp8_checkpoint"] = False
         self.fp8_meta["fp8_group"] = None
         self.fp8_meta_tensors_initialized = False
-        self.quantizers = {"scaling_fwd": {}, "scaling_bwd": {}}
+        self.quantizers = {"scaling_fwd": [], "scaling_bwd": []}
         self.tp_group = None
         self.tp_size = 1
         self.sequence_parallel = False